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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
Cable Flashes.

The first issue of nickle and silver coin
age in France will appear shortly, amount
ing to 7O,0O0,O00 francs.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has refused to take part
in the international arbitration move
mont. He probably finds his time fully
occupied by Irish politics.
II is semi officially denied at st Peters
burg that Russia has informed the pow
ers that the movements of Russian
troops in Poland have ceased.
DAN DoHERTY, a sporting man who
killed Geo. NJ. Graham, another American
at London, England, was, Tuesday, found
guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced
to penal servitude for life.
FATHER MATTHEW RYvN, of the town of
Hospital, county Limerick, one of the
projectors of the plan of campaign, has
been sentenced to a months imprison-
ment, without hard labor, for melting
the public to commit illegal acts.
ADvICEs from Zanzibar, under date of
Dec. 10, state that u messenger has
arrived from Central Africa who brings
no direct news from Henry NJ. Stanley
but says 1t is reported in the country on
the eastern side of Lake Nyanza that
Stanley, after many privatiOns, reached
Wadelsi in the early part of September.
The National Zei:ung says that Gen.
Won Schweinitz, the German ambassador
to Russia, returns to st. Petersburg with
conciliatory instructions. Prince Bis
marck, the paper says, counsels Austria.
while strengthening her military posi-
ton, to avoid giving provocation to
Russia.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Accidents and Failures.

FIRE at Hillsboro, Tex, destroyed
property to the amount of $4,000.
BY an explosion in coal mine at Flem-
ing, Kansas, three men were killed.
FIRE in the Eau Claire lumber yards at
st. Louis caused loss which is estimated
at $4,000.
THE village of Zioaville, near Indian
apolis, was devastated by copfagratIon
Monday night.
AN assignment was made Tuesday by
Smith, Coyert & Co., leather dealers at
Albany, n. Y, who were considered
solid firm.
SEVERAL persons are reported killed
and much property destroyed by 81
clone at Fort Washi.a and vicinity IN
Indian Territory, Saturday.
The town of Weeping Wator, Neb., was
almost destroyed by fire Monday night.
The loss is placed at $4,000, with small
insurance.
THEE trainmen were fatally injured
Wednesday by collision on the st. Paul
road at Jackson Junction, Iowa.
S. RITzEwoLLER, dry goods dealer at
Jacksonville, Fla, failed Wednesday, for
$4,000, due principally TO New York and
Baltimore firms.
AT Joliet, H., Tuesday, the wall of
new fvestory building, known as the
Barber block, fell in, instantly killing
William Stage, contractor, aud John
Palmer, workman. Five others were
seriously injured.
ENGINEER LoUP and Fireman Branni-
gan, of a west-bOuDd passenger train of
the Iowa and Dakota division of the st.
Paul railroad, were fatully inj jured early
Wednesday morning in a collision with
an east-bOund passenger train of the Ra-
cine and Southwestern division, two miles
west of Culmar, Iowa. The baggagemen
of both trains were imiured and the loco
motives were wrecked.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30

SECRETARY FAIRCHILD has decided to
appoint Mr.. Perry G. Smith, at present
disbursing clerk of the postotfice depart
mept, to position of appointment clerk
of the treasury, to fill tho place left vacant
by the resignation of Mr.. Higgins.
THERE is no joint purpose on the part
of Senators eiehor 10 do or to abstain
from doing any given thing daring the
coming week, unless, indeed, the unanl
nifty of opinion in favor Of beginning
tbs holiday recess on Thursday or earlier
be accounted purpose.
TIE senate finance committee has
made favorable report on the Morrill,
bill to refund to the states the direct
taxes imposed by the act OF 1861. The
aggregate Is about Sl5,OOO,OO0. The bill
was placed on the calendar.
The Interstate commerce commission
has finished the December docket of
cases for public hearing. On January II
the hearing will be resumed and continue
until February. Arguments Will then be
heard III the Standard OIL case and car
OF classification.
SECRETARY FAIRCHILD took official no
tice of the report that 1000 Belgian min
ers are to be imported to take the place
of tbs miners IN the Lehigh region now
on a strike. He sent kilograms TO the
collectors of customs At New York, Pnll-
adelphia, Boston and Baltimore, instruct
ing them to be vlgllant in preventing
any violation of the alien contract labor
law
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
Criminal.

THOs. VOOLFOLK, OF Mason, Georgia,
has been sentenced to hang for murder
ing nine members of his family.
S. s. CRANDALL, a lawyer and real estate
broker killed his wife, her mother, his
step-daughter and himself at Ballston
Springs, n. Y, on Monday.
HARPER the Fidelity Bank wrecker at
Cincinnati has been adiudged guilty and
sentenced for ten years to the peniten
tiary.
In fight between two men at Paurs,
Indian Territory, one of them struck the
other with lamp, which set fire to his
clothes, and before the flames could be
extinguisheG ne was burned to death.
TIE court of appeals at Albany, N. Y,
confirmed the conviction of murder in the
first degree of John GreenwalI for the
murder of Lyman S. Weeks, while at
tempting to commit a burglary in the
latter's house.
The partner of the woman, arrested in
Detroit for having in her possession
thirty nine one thousand dollar United
States bonds, has been identified rs Isa-
dore COhnfeld, the well known turfman
and feather dealer who failed at New
York recently and then disappeared.
COhnfeld is staying in hotel in Windsor,
Ont, under the name OF Hoffman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30

piicabIe alike TO ell states and territories.
and neither bigalny or polyggmy shall
exist or be permitted within the United
States or any place subject TO this iuris-
diction." Sen. Teller introduce a bIli IN
provide for the compulsory education
of Indian children. / was referred. The
senate then went into executive session.
After half an hour the open session YVES
resumed, when message from the house
announcing the death of representative
Moffett, of Michigan, was received. Ga
motion of Sen. Palmer the usual reso-
lutions of regret were adopted. The sen
ate then adjourned 70 meet on the 4th of
January, 1883.
RouSe.-Mr. Adams Of Illinois, offered a
resolution for the payment of q months
salary TO the house employees who were on
the rolls Dec. 5, out VINO have SINCE been
discharged or may be discharged prlor TO
January. l. Mr. Herman, of Oregon, Of
tered resolution Increasing the mem ber-
ship of the Committee on rivers and h.r-
oors TO seventeen. MIR. Burrows, of Mich
igan, SAID 1t became his painful duty On
behalf of the Michigan, delegation, TO
announce to the house the deaJh of Seth
c. Moffett. In his death the delegation
felt d persUn-I bereavement, anu MS
state has lost wist- ana able congress-
man. The house then at lis, as u mark
OF res pect to the memory OF the deceased,
adjourned, to meet January 4.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
The Seven Bibles OF the World.
New York I0IIrral

The seven bibles of the world are the
Koran of the MOhamedans, the Eddas of
the ScandinaviGns, the Try Pitikes of the
BuddhIsts, the Five Kings of the Chinese,
the three Eedas of the HindOos. the Zen
davesta, and the Scriptures of the Christ
ians. The koran is the most recent of
these seven Bibles, and not older than the
seventh century of our era. 1t is com
pound of quotations from the Old and
New Testdments, the Talmud, and the
sOgpal of st. Barnabas. Ihs Eddas of the
Scaudinavlans were first pdblished in the
fourteenth century. The Fitikes of the
Buddhists contain sublime morals and
pure aspirations, but the author died in
sixth century before Christ. There is
nothing of excellence in these sacred
books not to be found in the Bible. The
sacred writings of the Chinese are called
The Five Kings, king meaning web of
cloth, or the warp that keeps the threads
i'll their place. These sayings can not be
traced to period higher than the eleven
tn century B. c. The three Y sdas are the
most ancient books of the Hindoos. The
ZenGaves1u of the Persians IS the grand
est of all the sacred books nrxt to the
Bible. H0roaster, whose sayings it con
taIns, was born in the twelfth century B.
G. Moses lived and wrote his Pentateuch
fifteen centuries b. c.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
GREATsroRM OFF THE WEST INDIES.

Seventy Vessels Reported Wrecked, and
Twcnty-One Sailors Drowned.
The steamer zamana, arrived at New
York from Cape Hayti, reports that a
heavy "nOrther" swept over the West
Indies on the 9th, and Sth inst, causing
much damage. In all seventy vessels
were wrecked. A coasting schooner,
name unknown, capsized while making
Cape Hsyton, and thirteen of her crew OF
fifteen were drowned. The British stea-
mer Victa lost eight of her crew in the
storm. The Others were washed overheard,
bu5 were swept back on board the vessel
by another wave. The deck was badly
damaged. The British man-of-war
Wrangler arrived at Turks Island on the
7th inst, badly damaged by the storm.
The French vessel Chasseur arrived at
Cape Haytie Oh the 8th with her main
and mizzen masts gone. In the hal Dor
of Montechrista a dozen vessels were
driven ashore
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
THE NEEIN MOTOR.

The Keelv motor has now been among
the fanciest of the fancy stocks for near
ly half generation, and so far as the
public or even the shareholders are ad-
vised, it is no nearer practical results
than it was a dozen years ago. Certainly
the promises are neither more positive
in assertion nor more rumcrous now than
they were when the first lot Of investors
made their unfortunate experiment.
Since then new investors have taken
their turn as successors Of the exhausted
and despairiug shareholders who had
gone before, and now there is exhausted
patience among the present holders. The
general meeting of the stocKboIders was
held this week. and the most that is known
ebout Mr.. Kcely's nrogress Is tbat he has
entirely changed his ORIGINAL theory for
obtaining the new motor from what he
denominated as "etheriC product" to
what ia now classed as "vibrato-y sym
pathy." The original theory of the in
veutor Is, therefore, confessed as fail
ure; the title of the new source of power
is as indefinite as was the first, and it
looks rs if Mr.. koeIy Ia entering upon as
indefinite a field as he entered some
fifteen years ago In ;he meantime the
capital has grown - tr, millions, upon
which nothing has been paid in dividends.
and it /. now proposed 10 try paving
dividends on ten ,rigi,us chiefly be-
cs,ss the eD+,rrris, will M. rsv. ~, fva
Well the naasnrc of actnaI Genital in
vested or In he iuvastea N Mr.. Keely,s
! b;th.rto ,s,,oo.,, ,,,o,,io,, = ,,,.tor
s,,.Ir f,r .hos. =, ,r,, .,,.i- ,,,.,,,.x
| :, :. ~ w., ;,,,.,,.s =. 80. -. 49,,
who look for rrsctiesi r,snl.s will ba
pretty certain to suffer disspnoiptment.
| If Mr.. Keely had an .scerrained priaoiple
! of hitherto unknown or unmsnarasbre
,ov,r ho con,5 7ono,.trats :. boro,s
! a;.rrta ~ nv +va,rsnor,b T. Nth.
r,,,,;-, ,,,,,,b r,,r,-,- g., ,,s-.,,. - ~. =,
,:
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
ARnmarknhIn Carnnr

Sonora Amastoa Rubio de Pascadera, a
female bandit of renown, was buried by
the side of her lover at San Antonio
Zacatecas, Mexico. In early womanheod
her intended husband was killed by
Federal troops, and on his grave she
swore vengeance. Her oath was to kill
five men every year of her ife, and she
more than kept it. her first exploit was
to rob the Aganas Caluntes stage, near
Zacatecas. Single handed, she drove
the Positions to flight, hailed the stage,
ordering band of assistance concealed
in the chapparel not to shoot unless re-
sistance was offered. The eight passeng-
ers gave good booty. She continued a
career of robbery for many years, which
terrorized citizens of Sinolas, Jalisce,
and Sonora, and enriched herself. The
authorities and troops were powerless to
suppress her. She bequeathed her for
tune to charities, dying a natural death
in Ohscurity.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
Why Americans Die Young.
Plgf,., Ta,rrIa.

"You have a great country" said an
EDgiishman to an American; II admit it..
A grand country, vast in it's territory and
of boundless resources, but your climate
cannot compare with that of England
for saIubri'y."
at can't?"
"Certainly not"
"Why, now, our climate is one of the
principa! things we pride ourselves upon.
We have ali kinds to sUit-frigid, tenn
perate, torrid, ana each possessed Of a
salubrIousncss equaIed nowhere else in
creation"
But it is averred that Americans die
early"
"Die earlyr"
eyes, sir; and especially your business
men"
"And dou't you know the rcason?"
'I5 is found to be in the nature of your
climate, [ presume"
I'm the nature of the climate! No. sir.
The reason Americans die early is be-
cause they amt hogs, because they know
when they've got enough. Public spirit
ed, patriotic and unselfish they die early,
sir, to make room for the rising genera
ton"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
News in Brief.

THE Nirginia legislature Tuesday slect-
ed John S. BarSour United States sena-
tor, to succeed Mr.. Ri6deberger. Bar
bour received 81 votes to As for Malone.
The indications are that the 1883 crop
of winter wheat in Texas will be double
that of 1887.
IT is announced that California excur-
sion rates will be advanced January 1st
from $50 to $50 from. Missouri river
points, and 800 from Chicago.
Hon. SETH C. MoFFArr, representative
in congress from the Eleventh district of
Michigan, died at Washington Thursday
morning.
AN advance III rates, in com pliance with
the interstate law, will be put in effect by
the Southern Pacific road to points be-
yond the Missouri river, st. Louis, Mem
phis, New Orleans and Cairo.
In swamp near Hawesville, KY, Sun
day, were foQnd balloon and the re-
mains of an unknown aeronaut. The
body had been almost reduced to skele-
ton, and it is supposed the man perished
days ago in the upper air from hunger
and extreme cold.
Nh. S. p. ROUNDS, who for many years
was identified with journalism and the
printing business, and who was govern
ment printer at Washington under Pres
ident Arthur, died at Omaha, Neb., Sat
urday, of pneumonia.
THE annual report OF the state inspec-
tor shows that 3,944, 500 bushels of salt
were inspected in Michigan during the
present year. There are l+2 blocks and
$500 salt covers in the state, with an es-
timsted capacity of 5,265,000 barrels.
A QUEEN was crowned Saturday night
at Old Fort Pierre, on the Sioux reserva-
tion, IN Dakota, before N interested
crowd of Indians, many of whom trsveisd
for miles to witness the ceremony. Her
royal highness was presented with forty
buffalo robes and two horses.
NEARLY all the lands within the indem-
nifty limits of the Wisconsin Central rail-
road, which it was thought last summer
were to be restored to the public domain,
are nov being patented 20 the company
as a result of the decision of the secre-
taTy of the interior in the Omaha case.
A CHAIN BOUND lumber raft, $50 feet
long, 40 feet wide, and SIS fset high, was
lost, Sunday, by the steamer Miranda
while being towed to New York. 1t IS
believed the raft has fioateG into the track
| of ocean steamers, any one of which
would be shattered by collision with
| its huge bulk, and excitement prevails IN
nautical circles lest q disaster should re-
( suit.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
A Joke on the Duke.
Sar Francisco ArynnaIlr

Duke Carl, of Wurtembery, was a great
hand at practical joke in his younger
days. Once he called at farm house
and asked the farmers wife, who was
churning, for a drink of milk. She did
not know her visitor, bat went away to
fetch the milk, when the duke seized
cat, which was lying near and threw 1t,
together with ducat, into the churm.
When the woman returned, he drank the
milk and walked away. A year later the
same prince entered the house in differ
ent dress, and again asked for glass of
milk, and inquired whether some one
hadn't once secreted = cat in her churn.
rhe farmers wife laughed, aud said:
"Oh, yes; and wouldn't mind his doisg
1t again at the same price" "What did
you do with the batter you were churniBg
then?" s'Oh! sent 1t 20 the palace,
where they take ali my stuff
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
PASSENGER TRAIN DERNLED


~ IWidii'l'N ! dNNtHGtIN ltliiblN NhuhtN w
Miraculous Escape.
CHICAGO, Dac. Probably the worst
shaking up ever given train load of
passengers without killing single per.
son outright occurred to the 100 peopl
coming to Chicago on the Minaesota q
Northwestern road this morning. Near
German Valley the rails had spr cad,
and when the tain struck the spot
travelling at q good rate Of speed, every
one of the seven cars left the track, Fully
forty passengers were injured, five OF
them seriously and two perhaps fatally.
The light list of casualties is regarded
as remarkable III view of the fact
that the coaches were badly damaged
and il is matter of wonder that none Of
of them caught fire. Another remarkabl,
feature Is that the wreck happened just
after the train had p Sscd the long bridge
ten feot high Had il occurred n
moment sooner il would have made n
catastrophe of fearful fatality. The
most painful injuries of many were in
aicted by broken glass. Miss Hume,
of Dubuque, was one of those most ser
iously injured
The name of the other lady whose in
juries may result fatally Is Mrs. John Nc
Gufin, of Yirdon, Oak.
Miss Huae was brought to Chicago and
placed in the charge of friends.
II is stated that some of the passen
gers made their way soon Gftar the ac
cident to Melton station and endeavor-
ed 10 sent messages to friends and rcla-
tives, but the operator fatty refused
to send them. withstanding
the accident occurred before
10 a. m, il was five hours
afterwards before medical assistance ar
rived, the doctors car being brought up
on the regular day ex press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
WRECKED In THE NIGHT
WRECKED In THE NIGHT
A central Passenger Train Jumps the
Track and Plunges Into Forest.
SIXTY Passengers Aboard-One Man
Crushed to Jelly-Twenty Injured.
A oohua%ration Narrowly Ayerted-
Assistance Quickly Afforded.
Fully Forty Passengers Injured by the
Derailiug OF Il Train in Illinois.
WRECK ON THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL.


WRECK on THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL.
"'oNeA N''I Supposed 20 Have Been the
~'"o>'- L'>t "i hl1t'd aui Seriously Injured
AsELALp, Wis, Dec. sS.-The wors,
,r-,,,r- .,,,4 -. 49,.
~. "''PeN'" On 'ns
WISCONSIN central railroad occurred ct
aboU; midnight last night, four miles
south of F.aeld and six miles n,rtb 90
P,nti,, r. .,t, -,
S'SS''Ne''
''">'S.'uS u o'SS sc car smoker, day
coach aud sleeper, lef5 thu track on
shara curve NJ tbst mint A, .rL,.,
'''''1 "'' s'. GA '"S 'r"'n al ba,teruut
attempted 70 get out % the window.
When he fell he WAS can.rbt r,.;,- ,b.,
,.,
- !''E
N''HA''og & II Greenfield, who was
passing toreaSh the tram, was caught in
the shower ~ falling debris and held
prisoner between two timbars. he was
rescued, but Is thought - be fatally hurt.
MS M are internal and broken
leg.
Thus, Mooney, of Ashland, was terribly
hIulStN p0t Will recover.
rhos. Schneider, of Ashland. has y
frightful cash in his head and is badly
scratched. 4 Mr.. Clemens. wife AMI thrsn
children of Duluth. are sll badly bru,sed
Nj. Mahouey. of Ashland, received had
cuts.
Mrs. Sullivan, wife of Conductor Spl-
tjvau, en- route 10 Stevens Point, received
serious injuries on her head. and her
scalp Was laid open.
4 Mr., NuckIousouox. r,siEs,c, nm
knows, WAS seriously hDrt
The train was travelling M hi,b rot,
of speed. and the cars ran into thn wood
and werc piled in heap. \ messace was
sent TO Ashland nj o'cIocl, thismorn;r,,
4 relief train. CONSISTING of wrecLir,r
cars and a coach carrv,nr Tho c,p,ror.S
physician. DR.. Hurrjson, arrived M IL,
scene.
SuDt N,rf,rF ,ras IN th, sI,,r,u No,
escapcd unhurt. Tne nassep,,srs ,yhn
arrived here this moan. cr,5it hin, With
great coolposs and rrnseuco or mind IN
extiD,-uisbir,, tho trcs which st,rtol j.,
the .oacbes
Three sartion crey,s o,I croo,s ,f otbor
trims vyrre seruroa :, shot ID NJ
Spllivap's littls bol,,. ,,os ,b,,,bt T., I,a,,
been killed, but was fonn6 una,r -
buudle of baddiutr in tha slecrar rVbo
bertbs vere iar,mca into , M, ,rbo
litti, NM, ,,,,, ,,,,b,r,,,.,I - a., -,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
NEW POSTAL LAW.

The Postmaster General has. Prepared Bill
and Will Have it introduced In the Senate
Soon.
WAsHrsGTos. Dec. 24.-The postmaster
general has prepared dill which will
be introduced in the house as soon as
practicable at the reassembling of con
gress materially differing from the pre-
sent law relating to personal writing
or printing on the wrappers of second,
third and fourth class mail matter The bill
provided the words sample copies and
marked copies may be printed on the
wrapper or enciosutes of second class
matter. and that ia addition TO the origi.
nal priat, written corrections of typo
graphical errors may be enclosed. The
bill also provides that any printing that
is maiiabie as third class matter, may be
placed upon wrappers of such matters
provided it is not IN the nature of cor
respondence and provided further that
sufficiently large space shall tie left for
the address. As TO fourth class matter
the bill allows the same advertise
nent TO be printed on the wrappers as =
permitted TO be enclosed with the merch-
andise contained therein.
It is now thought that cofee-growiDg
will soon become the leading interest in
the Sandwich islands. Only large CAPT
talists make any money By raising cane
or making sugar. but the small land-own-
ers ran raise coffee trees. which are very
productive.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-12-30
What Your Hand Means.
New York Sun.

A soft han6, said Mr.. Heron-AIlin in
his lecture, Indicated fervent but tickle
lover, while hard hand denoted long
enduring, but possibly smouldering, love.
A spatuia hand, wherein the tips of the
fingers were broad and the tops fat, de-
noted Inconsistency, desire for change and
love of locomotion. 1t was found in
jockeys and colonists. A hand with
conically tipped fingers indicated inspira-
ton, instincts, Bohemianism and gener-
osity.
A hand with squareIy built finger tips
showed order and arrangement, pRrticu-
larly when the joints throughout were
prominent. scientific hand was irregu-
lar to a marked degree. the joints lum py
and highly deIeloped- altogether g NAL
formed conglomeration of knots and
twists. This sort of hand is invariably
small, while the analytic hand is large.
The hand of the idsalist is the most sym
metrical of all and the most useless in
every sense.
A supple hand indicates generosity.
4 hand the fingers of which when placed
together and held to the light exhibit
Transparency, and between which no rays
of light penetrate, shows avarice, or, IN
other words, closeness. Fingers which
submitted to the same test will not fit
alongside each other without openings,
and which are denser, indicate curiosity
aud loquacity. People with hands that
are always white are egOtls .ical and have
no Svm 1athV.